Which of the Following Items Would Most Likely Be a Violation

Which of the following items would most likely be a violation of the materiality constraint?

A) A company did not separately report an unusual gain of $100,000. Its income from operations was $20,000,000.
B) A company having reported total assets of $50,000,000 immediately expensed the purchase of 20 pencil sharpeners that have an estimated useful life of three years.
C) A $75,000 illegal bribe by an executive of the company to a foreign official was not separately disclosed in the annual report.
D) A $2,000 expenditure to improve a building that originally cost $10,000,000 was immediately expensed.

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